“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.”
-Dr. Seuss
Roseland Montessori School
7th Grade: Early American History
8th Grade: Louisiana History
2018-2019
Welcome to Grangerland!!!
Mrs. Danielle Granger
Rm# 12
Phone #: (985)748-9307
Morning Assembly:8:05-8:20
7th Grade: 8:20-9:40
7th Grade: 9:40-11:02
8th Grade: 11:02-12:24
8th Grade:12:58-3:15
2:15-3:05 Enrichment/Planning
Teacher Email: [email protected]
ClassWebsite: http://app.oncoursesystems.com/school/webpage.aspx?id=13414585
7th Grade Early American History
8:20-9:40
9:40-11:02
2:15-3:05 Enrichment/Planning
In 7th grade, students explore the formation of the American identity as they learn early United States history from the eve of the Revolution to the end of Reconstruction.
The key themes in 7th grade highlight the connections among the Grade Level Expectations that students should make as they develop and express informed opinions about the 7th grade claims.
Unit 1: Road to Independence
Topic One:Rising Tension with Britain
Topic Two: A Crisis in the Colonies
Topic Three: The Revolutionary War
Unit 2: Governing a New Nation
Topic One: Articles of Confederation
Topic Two: Creating the Constitution
Topic Three: The Federal System
The New Republic
Topic One: Governing the New Nation
Topic Two: The Jefferson Era
Topic Three: Jacksonian Democracy
Expansion & Conflict
Topic One: Westward Expansion
Topic Two: Growth and Reform
Topic Three: Slavery
The Civil War
Topic One: Sectionalism
Topic Two: Lincoln and Secession
Topic Three: The Civil War
Reconstruction
Topic One: Reconstruction
Topic Two: Life for African Americans during Reconstruction
Topic Three: The Last Years of Reconstruction
8th Grade Louisiana History
11:02-12:24
12:58-3:15
2:15-3:05 Enrichment/Planning
In 8th grade, students explore the economic, political, and social changes that have formed Louisiana’s identity as they learn about Louisiana’s geography, colonial Louisiana, Antebellum period, Civil War and Reconstruction Era, Jim Crow Louisiana, Civil Rights Era and modern day Louisiana. The key themes in 8th grade highlight the connections among the Grade Level Expectations that students should make as they develop and express informed opinions about the 8th grade claims.
Unit 1: Louisiana’s Identity: This is Louisiana
Topic One: Native American Settlement
Topic Two: European Exploration and Settlement
Topic Three: Louisiana’s Cultural Geography
Unit 2: Louisiana: Settlement and Colonial Legacy
Topic One: Louisiana Purchase
Topic Two: Statehood and Battle of New Orleans
Unit 3: 19th Century Louisiana: A State in Conflict
Topic One: Antebellum Period
Topic Two: Civil War in Louisiana
Topic Three: Reconstruction
Unit 4: Louisiana: An Identity in Transition
Topic One: Jim Crow Louisiana
Topic Two: Populism and the Flood of 1927
Topic Three: Huey Long
Unit 5: 20th Century Louisiana: A Changing Identity
Topic One: World War II
Topic Two: Civil Rights
Unit 6: Louisiana’s Identity: A Modern State
Topic One: Louisiana’s Government
Topic Two: Louisiana’s Economy
Topic Three: Louisiana’s Natural Resources
Topic Four: Coastal Erosion